Francis "Frank" Marion Carter was born April 27, 1851 in Granville, Ohio. He married Nancy Jane Turnbull on February 22, 1872 in Clark County, Wisconsin. They had one son, Claude Jay, born in Neillsville on the 29^th of November in 1872. Claude married Maude Greene, daughter of Henry W. Greene and Jane Sheets, and they had a daughter named Iliff/Iliss, who married Mauricio De Pages. Nancy was a dressmaker and also owned a millinery shop. They took in boarders and had servants. They adopted their niece, Lida, but she died in 1905. Marian Carter, possibly another adopted child, married Dale Varney.

Francis "Frank" enlisted with Co. "F" of the 49th Wisconsin Infantry on February 21, 1865, serving as a "Drummer Boy" and was discharged May 12, 1865.  He died August 24, 1914 and is buried in the Greenwood, Wisconsin City Cemetery.  His widow of Greenwood, WI was listed as his next of kin on his grave registration.

Mr. and Mrs. Francis Carter, their son and his wife, and Lida are all buried in the Greenwood Cemetery in Eaton Twp. Clark County, Wisconsin.

Nancy J. (Turnbull) Carter

Census Information:

1880 U. S. Federal Census - Neillsville, Clark County, Wisconsin
Name	Relation	Sex	Race	Age	Marital Status	Birth Place	Father Birth Place	Mother Birth Place	Occupation
Carter, Frank M.	head	m	w	30	m	Ohio	Vermont	Vermont	laborer
Carter, Nancy J.	wife	f	w	26	m	Indiana	Ohio	Ohio	keeps house
Carter, Claud	son	m	w	7	s	Wisconsin	Ohio	Indiana

 

1900 U. S. Federal Census - Eaton, Clark County, Wisconsin
Name	Relation	Sex	Race	Age	Marital Status	Birth Place	Father Birth Place	Mother Birth Place	Occupation
Carter, Francis	head	m	w	49	m	Ohio	Vermont	Ohio	operates threshing machine
Carter, Nancy J.	wife	f	w	46	m	Indiana	Ohio	Ohio	dressmaker and milliner
Carter, Lida	niece	f	w	11	s	Wisconsin	Wisconsin	Indiana
Conroy, Charles L.	boarder	m	w	21	s	Wisconsin	Wisconsin	Wisconsin	drug proprietor
Brick, Christopher	boarder	m	w	26	s	Wisconsin	Ireland	Ireland	livery man
Vollrath, Mary	servant	f	w	21	s	Wisconsin	Germany	Germany	servant

 

1910 U. S. Federal Census - Greenwood, Clark County, Wisconsin
Name	Relation	Sex	Race	Age	Marital Status	Birth Place	Father Birth Place	Mother Birth Place	Occupation
Carter, Frank	head	m	w	63	m	Ohio	Ohio	Ohio
Carter, Nancy	wife	f	w	56	m	Indiana	Ohio	Ohio	has dressmaker shop
Carter, Marion	daughter	m	w	10	s	Wisconsin	unknown	Wisconsin
Thompson, Ben	boarder	m	w	63	s	New York	New York	Maine
Damrow, Agnes	servant	f	w	17	s	Germany	Germany	Germany	servant
Carey, Anna	servant	f	w	18	s	Wisconsin	unknown	Massachusetts	store trimmer
Murray, Julia	boarder	f	w	23	s	Illinois	Ireland	Illinois	teaches public school
Gilbertson, Christina	boarder	f	w	24	s	Wisconsin	Germany	Germany	teaches public school
Meyer, Lydia	boarder	f	w	24	s	Wisconsin	Germany	Germany	teaches public school

 

1920 U. S. Federal Census - Greenwood, Clark County, Wisconsin
Name	Relation	Sex	Race	Age	Marital Status	Birth Place	Father Birth Place	Mother Birth Place	Occupation
Carter, Claude J.	head	m	w	47	m	Wisconsin	Ohio	Indiana	city stage drayman
Carter, Maude A.	wife	f	w	35	m	Ohio	Ohio	Indiana
Carter, Iliff	daughter	f	w	13	s	Wisconsin	Wisconsin	Ohio

 

1930 U. S. Federal Census - Wausau, Marathon County, Wisconsin
Name	Relation	Sex	Race	Age	Marital Status	Birth Place	Father Birth Place	Mother Birth Place	Occupation
Varney, Dale	head	m	w	36	m	Wisconsin	Wisconsin	Wisconsin	accountant
Varney, Marion E.	wife	f	w	30	m	Wisconsin	Wisconsin	Wisconsin
Varney, Robert E.	son	m	w	9	s	Wisconsin	Wisconsin	Wisconsin

 

Military Records

[Recruitment Records] [Enlistment Papers] Muster Rolls [1] [2] [Hospital Records]

Contributors

Paul Forster, and the Clark County History Buffs.

Related Links

Cemetery Records

Obit: Carter, Francis Marion (1851 - 1914)

Obit: Carter, Nancy Jane (1854 - 1951)

Photo of 2nd and 3rd generation Carter Family

Photo of Iliff (Carter) Spook - Granddaughter

Photo of Marian Carter Varney

 

Francis Carter is also featured in the book, "Civil War Soldiers in the heart of Clark Co., Wisconsin."